putting away the scales

i am finally going to put the scales away for a while.  i'm one of the addicts who has to weigh once a day.  but i decided it's time to change to once a week.  my weight has stayed the same for about six days, and i've seen a lot of advice here about doing that.   i hope i can do it, and stay at my maintenance calories, (i'm still logging them) and see no change in my weight in a week.  is there anyone else out there trying to do this?

I am, elin.

I've been getting obsessive, weighing myself once a day, than more.. and... it's just getting bad.

So I'm trying to weigh myself once a week, on Saturday morning.

oh, good, it really is hard to give it up!

*nodnodnods* It is!

I'm trying to attune myself to all the other good signs I'm seeing - lifting more, exercising longer/harder, pulling my belt in to a new notch, etc.

Trying is the word. I can still hear the siren song of the scale myself. :)

thanks to HK every time I look at the scale and all I see is HK's facing saying *step away Abby. If I don't get to look at it, neither can you.*

I didnt weigh myself this morning.

I didn't tell you you shouldn't weigh yourself, Abby. All I said was that I was getting obsessive and I needed to stop doing it every day. finewine78 was right, yesterday. For some, it makes sense/works. 

*why is HK so touch today* hmmmmmm :P

Silly I was only kidding. It's not good to weigh yourself everyday so If I can use you as an excuse to not whip out the scale then by all means I will..:P :)

I'm not touchy?
I was clarifying.

*shrug* OK. use me as an excuse. :)

I'm having a really hard time staying off the scale too.

and it isn't like the damn thing spits out money or chocolate...*scowls at it*

I'm trying the same strategy I used to quit smoking and overeating: go and do something until the urge to weigh myself passes.

who knew that weight loss habits would be ones we had to break? XD

well, i have started one of my bad habits back up again, i have been weighing at night before i go to bed... that is in addition to my daily morning weigh in. i am more than a little oc where numbers are concerned... i have been really trying to keep my focus on the good numbers, like calories consumed, challenging myself daily to keep them up instead of down, and miles run, keeping those up instead of down, too... that probably seems a little mental, and it is, but it is how i am battling old demons, and it is working. now, i don't want to start a big ed thing here, i am doing very well... just admitting to a fault, and now that i have acknowledged it publicly, hopefully it will be easier for me to back away from the scale at night!

I put mine away.  I have to ask my boyfriend to get it for me now, and he's keeping an eye on me to make sure I don't obsess.  It keeps me accountable for my obsessions as well as my weight.  I have a special dispensation if my weight goes *up* to weigh every morning until it drops off so I don't have to agonize for a week.

I probably should put mine away but I haven't.  I usually weigh myself in the morning after I first get up and pee.  Then I move the scale around the entire bathroom until I get the lowest reading and then I go with that one.  Seriously I do.

oooh, that's obsessive, I only kick it around like 2 or 3 times looking for a lower weight :)

salome, that is HILARIOUS! i've never thought ot move mine... hmmm, thnking about it now...

just got back and read all the responses.  you all crack me up!  chocorific!!  you are always so quick with the wit. 

of course i was doing that too---moving it around until it gave me the same number 2 or 3 times.   i shoved it under the dresser, and i promised myself i won't get it out until next wednesday.

You were only moving it around the room?

Hell, I was moving mine to different levels of the house!

Which is why I had to put it away. *blushes*

I have tried the once a week but 2-3 days is the most I have gone so far.  I do weigh at night sometimes but thats if Im thinking about eating too late.

I thought I was the only one kicking the scale all over the room.  Took awhile, but I found the "sweet spot" and I put the scale there every time now.  I too am a compulsive weigher, I try to remember how much better the scale looks only once a week rather than everyday.

yeah, I try to weigh once a week on Friday.  sometimes I give in and weigh in 3-4 days

I have also decided that I am going to start weighing once a week.  I am not sure if I want it to be Monday or Friday?! Maybe I should do Monday & Friday. This way I have an idea what goals I need to set on Monday.

Since I reached my goal - I have been maintaining about 2 pounds over. It's been awhile now. I continured to get on the scale each morning but since I am no longer trying to lose - only maintain... I think that is starting to get to me.

I didn't weigh today. I didn't like the number yesterday. I think I'll stay off the scale till Friday, meanwhile I'll get a few workouts in and stay within my calorie limit. I am forcing myself to cook every night and not go out to eat... that's rough.

well, monday and friday sounds good, but you might be discouraged about mondays if your weekends are hard.  so maybe just fridays would be better.  i'm thinking wednesday, but i weighed on tuesday, and this morning i already ate breakfast, so now i'll try to wait until next wednesday.  or, maybe we should do it gradually, and just weigh every other day for a while, and then every three, and so on. . .